Posted on 12/27/2019 7:58:23 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27
There are "significant differences" between former President Richard Nixon's impeachment process and President Donald Trump's, according to journalist Tom Brokaw, including how the two leaders handled difficult times in office.
"Nixon was always aware of being presidential," Brokaw told MSNBC's Chris Matthews on Monday night. "Trump plays from the gutter frankly."
Last week, the House of Representatives voted along party lines to impeach Trump for abuse of power and obstructing Congress. Trump has maintained his innocence since the inquiry into his dealings with Ukraine was launched in September, calling the process a "witch hunt," and his supporters, including Republican legislators, have continued to support the president.
Brokaw told Matthews that this public display of support for Trump is a different situation from when Representatives pursued impeaching Nixon. At the time, Brokaw said, the Republican Party didn't speak out against impeaching the president the way they are today.
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Another fake news fossil that can’t STFU.
A man he constantly castigated...Next thing you know he’ll tell us he liked Reagan.
And what did being “presidential” get Richard Nixon?
...which is sometimes where you need to play from if you want to beat Democrats (who live in the gutter).
He had to get down in the gutter to do battle with the gutter snakes of the Democrat party, the Deep State and the Ministry of Propaganda.
Remember how Tom Blowchow fawned over Clinton’s unpresidential “Everyman” demeanor? Such a man of the people who can communicate and be personable.
And now here he is posting a meme of Nixon saying “Miss me yet?”
This weekend I happened to catch a Brokaw sound bite from Reagan’s election.
Brokaw’s panty-wetting response to Reagan’s “The bombing starts in 5 minutes” joke.
What a wuss.
That is why I love Trump. He wins because he gets into the gutter where the democRATS live!
Guess they shouldn’t have pushed for Nixon’s removal, especially seeing in a lot of respects he was fairly progressive (for a republican at the time). Guess another Deep State Fbi loser got mad and staged a coup against the president with the help of the media.
Brokaw....”from the gutter.”
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We haven’t been in the gutter like you, Brokaw. Tell us the details from your long experience.
Should I slur you with the guilt by association label now for having been on leftist news shows so many years? Lie down with dogs and wake up with fleas.
Trump plays and wins wherever he needs to.
He meets the press in the gutter.
Hey, Lockjaw...how’s your portfolio doing?
The left loves that Nixon didn’t fight and resigned. Allowing for a massive democrat wave in the next election.
The left hates Trump because he fights and wins. And calls the press out on thier hypocrisy.
Another reason to love Trump and hate Nixon!
The deep state used the the permanent bureaucracy, citizens respect for government, and overall trust in the media against Americans as a weapon.
Americans don’t trust any of those things any more, nor should Trump.
Brokaw is a dishonest, integrity-free, nitwit has-been. He should shut his offensive pie hole. Who cares what this oaf says about anything ?
Tom Brokaw’s still alive?!?
There are much worse behaviors of a president than “playing from the gutter”. Behind-our-backs dishonesty, behind-our-backs criminality ... much worse.
Trumps coarseness doesn’t hold a candle to the entertainment material presented to an audience containing kids.
I always try to imagine if Trump was a democrat.
He could have the same policies, say the same things, and the media and the insane left would be having orgasms all over the place because they loved him so much.
The noise these nut jobs make everyday, is incredible.
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